Evan Hunter's Miraculous Journey

The Jungle (1906), by Upton Sinclair, is a story mainly about the life and turmoil of a man who came to American in hopes that he will become a free, rich man with a beautiful wife, Ona, and happy family; this man is the young Jurgis Rudkus, a strong, energetic Lithuanian whose personality and life are all changed several times over the coarse of the story. Major— usually tragic— events that occur in the story serve as catalysts for Jurgis's dramatic, almost upsetting, transformations. There were four major turning points in Jurgis's life: after he loses his job and is forced to work at a fertilizer mill; when he loses his wife and children; when he is incorporated into the criminal and political underworlds; and when he picks his life

Positive and negative behaviors in young adults are mostly the outcomes of their childhood experiences and can be traced back to their toddlerhood. Children who have been raised in stable families tend to have better behaviors in their adulthood as compared to those raised up in violent homes. "The Trouble with Evan" is an eye-opening documentary that was shot in the year 1994 and the plot is about Evan, an eleven-year-old boy who was suffering emotional abuse in silence. His parents agreed to have secret cameras installed in their home and only three months; the cameras recorded his weird behaviors that were later linked to emotional abuse (Papeghin, 2012). According to Evan, nothing is great to him, and everything sucks except doing evil things.

The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair was a very touching and motivating story. Sinclair aimed for our hearts, but instead, he hit our stomachs. The Jungle is a story of hardships and trouble, some successes and many failures as a family tries to achieve the "American Dream." In this book, "The Jurgis Ruckus' myth of failure is the other side of the Horatio Alger's myth of success." (xxvi)

In the reading “Journey by the Inner Light”, the author Meeta Kaur begins her story by discussing the routine of her hair baths and the importance of her long hair. As a child, Kaur didn't quite understand why she needed to take care of her long hair nor did she question why every woman in her family had long thick hair. When Kaur was in middle school, her mother allowed her to take a trip to India where she was able to learn more about her roots and culture. On the trip, Kaur began to read a bunch of comic books which helped her gain knowledge about her hair. She learned that her hair was referred to as kesh and that her kesh represents an external identity. Although Kaur was amazed with all the information she acquired about her culture, she still had trouble committing to the ways of a Sikh woman. As Kaur gets older, she becomes more Americanized as she is surrounded by people who have different values from that of her own culture. This begins to interfere with her daily lifestyle as she starts to question her own culture and that of American culture. Kaur notices how young girls at her University have unique hairstyles and she just wanted to be able to do the same with her own hair. At this point in her life, Kaur decided that she just wanted to fit in with American society and so she decided to cut her hair short. This caused a lot of problems with Kaur and her family. Not only was Kaur’s mother upset but she was also hurt and disappointed that Kaur cut her hair

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was about Jurgis Rudkus who was an immigrarnt from Lithuania that came to the United States to discover his dreams, hopes, and desires. He took his family to Chicago to begin a new life. He worked in meatpacking industries that were unsanitary and brutal amount of hours that resulted into starvation. He was mistreated and realized the American dream wasn't as easy as it seemed. The book deals with disease, hunger, corruption, crime, poverty and death. “Leave it to me; leave it to me. I will earn more money – I will work harder.” This was said by Jurgis frequently because him and Ona always struggled with money and having a job but Jurgis never wanted Ona to stress about those problems. Jurgis always took charge

Upton Sinclair was born in a small row house in Maryland, in 1878. When Sinclair was 10 years old, his father moved the family from Baltimore to New York. By this time, Sinclair had already begun to develop and interest and followed the works of Shakespeare and Percy Bysshe Shelley. When he turned 14, he attended the local college of New York and took several classes on English and Writing Skills to improve and create one of his own novels. At age 20 he finished his studies and decided to become a serious novelist and start writing his own book. During the same time is when he met his wife known as, Meta Fuller. Their relationship wasn’t very strong and this lead to Sinclair writing his first novel known as, Springtime and Harvest. In 1903,

Eric Walters is an author born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on March 3, 1957. He attended York University and is a former teacher, he was a teacher at Vista Heights Public school in Mississauga, Ontario. He switched over to being an author as of January 31, 2014. It all started in 1993 when Walters was teaching a grade 5 class, but he had many hesitant students that weren't very interested in reading or writing. In order to encourage them to get more involved in literature, he began to write. He actually wrote his first novel for this class, the book is known as “Stand Your Ground”. The novel not only included him teaching at the school but also the students and their Streetsville community. He started to write more and more books over the years

Matt Jarrett is a native of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and is one of six children. He grew up going to catholic schools and attended Mount Saint Charles Academy. Mount Saint Charles Academy was not the typical high school; they were the number one catholic boys hockey program in the country. During Matt’s time at Mount Saint Charles, he excelled in the classroom and in athletics. He was a member of the hockey, baseball, and soccer teams. Matt was All-State in all three sports and was the team captain of the hockey and baseball teams. He was able to do something that not many people are able to say they have done; win four consecutive state championships with his hockey team. Because of the success he had in hockey, the Sioux City Musketeers

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, published in 1906 was written to depict the harsh conditions that immigrants that came to the U.S. lived in. This book describes the life of Jurgis, a young Lithuanian immigrant living in Chicago in search of the American dream. Jurgis faces many hindrances throughout his life in Packingtown. His living and working conditions, the nature of capitalism, and Packingtown’s environment affected both his physical and emotional states.

His family were sent to an internment camp following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (Clark. B, 2015). He spent the first years of his life there, and his family was left with nothing. After he was able to leave the camp, he then shortly after started his education at Andrew Hill High school. After graduating he Enrolled at San Jose State University. There, he majored in Spanish and Biological Sciences. Before graduating, he had a short stint with the peace corps and traveled all throughout South America. He then proceeded to gain a Master’s degree in Education from San Jose State University. In his 30-year career as an educator, he served as a principal in two different public schools, school board member and conducted education research at Stanford University. (Evans. S,

“Mr. Burton! Mr. Burton! Tell us the number one moment in your career” yelled the reporter.

The Jungle is a book that was written in 1906, in the middle of the Progressive Era. It was written by Upton Sinclair for the purpose to try to awaken the reader to the terrible living conditions of immigrants in the cities. But also to show how the harsh critical system led to meat inspection legislation and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. This novel specifies in every little detail about the living conditions and the working conditions of the immigrants. In this book, Sinclair indirectly articulates what the American Dream was and what it meant for all the immigrants.

Christopher “Alexander Supertramp” McCandless was a dreamer. However, unlike most of us nowadays, Christopher turned his desire for adventure into reality. Similar to Buddha, he gave up his wealth, family, home, and most possessions except the ones he carried before embarking on his journey. He traveled by various methods, mostly on foot, to eventually reach his desired goal in the Alaskan wilderness. Unfortunately, due to various mistakes, Christopher ultimately passed and his body was found in a neglected Fairbank City Transit Bus. His motivation to achieve his goal was based on the many aspects of his life. Chris’s dysfunctional family weighed heavily on him, one prime reason for driving him onto the road of freedom.

In Almost a Miracle, John Ferling writes an excellent book to accompany A Leap in the Dark. Anyone wishing to read a comprehensive treatise on the military history of the American Revolution would do well to delve into Almost a Miracle. It is easy to see why it is so widely praised and why Ferling was given a lifetime achievement award and the Best Book on the American Revolution Award in 2007 by the American Revolution Roundtable of New York.

The Jungle is a novel that focuses on a family of immigrants who came to America looking for a better life. The novel was written by Upton Sinclair, who went into the Chicago stockyards to investigate what life was like for the people who worked there. The book was originally written with the intent of showing Socialism as a better option than Capitalism for the society. However, the details of the story ended up launching a government investigation of the meat packing plants, and ultimately regulation of food products. It gave an informative view of what life was like in America at the time. Important topics like immigration, working conditions and sanitation issues of the time were all addressed well in the novel.